servir

From Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

servir

1. to serve

• siervu

From Old Occitan servir, from Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səɾˈvi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /sərˈbi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /seɾˈviɾ/
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Homophone: serví

servir (first-person singular present serveixo, past participle servit)

1. to serve
2. to be useful

• fer servir

• “servir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “servir” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “servir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “servir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Middle French servir, from Old French servir, from Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.viʁ/

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servir

1. to serve (to bring a meal to someone)
2. to be used for
3. (transitive with à) to be useful for someone, to be of use, come in handy
4. (sports) to serve (start a point with service)
5. (sports) to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
6. (reflexive) to help oneself, to serve oneself
7. (reflexive, transitive with de) to use, make use of

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) sers and (il) sert in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *servis and *servit (as in the past historic).

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) sers and (il) sert in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *servis and *servit (as in the past historic).

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) sers and (il) sert in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *servis and *servit (as in the past historic).

• “servir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /serˈvir/

servir

1. to serve

servir

1. Apocopic form of servire

From Old French servir, from Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

servir

1. to serve (act as a servant or a vassal)

• → English: serve
• French: servir

From Old Occitan servir, from Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

• IPA^(key): /səɾˈβi/

servir

1. to serve
2. to be useful

• servidor

From Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

servir

1. to serve (act as a servant or a vassal)

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: servir
  • → English: serve
  • French: servir
• Walloon: siervi

From Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

servir

1. to serve (act as a servant or a vassal)

• Occitan: servir
• Catalan: servir

From Old Portuguese servir, from Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈviɾ/

servir (first-person singular present indicative sirvo, past participle servido)

1. (transitive) to serve (to work as a servant for someone)
2. (religion, transitive) to serve (to worship a god)
3. (transitive) to serve (to give out or place down food or drink)
4. (intransitive, or transitive with em) to serve (to be part of an armed force)

   Servi dois anos na Legião Estrangeira. ― I served for two years in the Foreign Legion.

5. (intransitive) to suffice; to do (to be good enough for a task)

   Esse martelo é ruim mas serve. ― This hammer is bad but it will do.

6. (subordinating, transitive with para) to be for (to have as its purpose or utility)

   Martelos servem para as pessoas baterem pregos. ― Hammers are for people to hit nails with.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:servir.

From Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō.

• IPA^(key): /serˈbiɾ/, [serˈβiɾ]

servir (first-person singular present sirvo, first-person singular preterite serví, past participle servido)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service)

   Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados.

   It's a business that serves the disabled.

2. (intransitive, transitive) to serve (to be a servant for; to work for)
3. (intransitive) to be of use, to be good for

   Hace diez años, la traducción automática no servía.

   Ten years ago, automated translation was no good.

   Este cuchillo sirve para cortar el pan.

   This knife is good for cutting bread.

4. (intransitive) to serve (to usefully take the place of something else)

   sirve como recordatorio ― serves as a reminder

5. (intransitive) to serve (to be in military service)
6. (intransitive, transitive) to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten)

   El camarero nos sirvió la comida de otra mesa.

   The waiter served us another table's food.

7. (intransitive, sports) to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.)

   Synonym: sacar

8. (reflexive, with de) to help oneself to (to take something freely)

• Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.

• “servir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From Latin servīre, present active infinitive of serviō. Compare Italian servire.

servir

1. (transitive, intransitive) to serve

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.